John htslop



(No Model.)

J. HYSLOP, Jr.

Shoe Nail.

. No. 231,322. Patented Aug. 1?,fi880.

INVENTOR W ATTORNEYS.

N:PEIER$. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASNKNGTON I! C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICEQ JOHN HYSLOP, JR, F ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ABINGTONTACK AND MACHINE ASSOCIATION, OF SAME PLACE.

SHOE-NAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,322, dated August17, 1880.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN HYsLOP, Jr., ofAbington, in the county ofPlymouth and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Nails, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement enlarged. Fig. 2 is anedge elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the head. Fig. 4 is across-section taken through the line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is across-section taken through the line 3 y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish shoe-nails so constructed asto hold the soles of boots and shoes firmly in place, and at the sametime greatly improve the appearance of the said boots and shoes.

The invention consists in making a shoenail with a square ordiamond-shaped flaring head and a tapering serrated body, as will behereinafter fully described.

The nails are designed to be made by ma- 2 5 chinery in the ordinarymanner.

The body A is made of nearly uniform breadth, but is tapered upon thesides from the middle part, or a little above the middle part, to thepoint, as shown in the drawings,

0 so that the point willelinch readily when driven against an iron last.

The corners or edges of the upper parts of the bodies of the nails areserrated or roughened, so that they will hold the leather firmly,

3 5 even after their heads have been worn off.

The heads B are made square or diamondshaped and flaring, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, so that they will readily embed themselves in theleather.

With this construction, when the boot or shoe is finished the square ordiamond-shaped heads B of the nails will add greatly to the neat andattractive appearance of the sole, so that buyers will prefer boots andshoes having their soles secured by nails having square or dia- 5inond-shaped heads.

I am aware that it is not new to make a shoenail with a serrated shankand conical head; but for the channels of boot or shoe soles thenail-head must be of the same width as the channel, and therefore havevery little holding-power.

By making my nail diamond-shaped or of an elongated form I obtain greatholding-power for the head, although transversely it is very 5 narrow.

What I claim is- A shoe-nail for the channels of boots or shoesroughened on its shanks, having a body slightly tapered on two of itsopposite sides, but drawn from the middle of the other two oppositesides to form an entering-point, and provided with an elongated ordiamond-shaped head, as shown and described.

JOHN HYSLOP JR.

Witnesses NATHL. P. CARVER, MIGAH NASH.

